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Friday, July 4, 2014

I Have a Theme Song!

When I started doing Gertie's Sewing Show, I asked my friend/bandmate Mark if he would do a little guitar intro for the show. Not only did he do that, he wrote an entire freaking jingle and it's possibly the best thing I've ever heard. It's basically my blog in a song. Have a listen!

Here are the lyrics, in case you missed any. Because they are awesome.

Your gal may be a beauty

She might be tall and leanShe might have shiny golden hair and eyes and teeth that gleam

She might ride around in Cadillacs and only buy top shelfWell my gal drives an ElnaSo she dresses like herself

You might think that yours is perfect

But pal you oughta knowMy gal is the finest'Cause she's sew, sew, sew!

There are beauties who are bigger and honeys who are smallIf pretty comes in every shape, who needs one size fits allOne'll go for Hayworth, the other loves MonroeMe, I want the gal who's just sew, sew, sew!

Mark told me the idea came from pondering how every woman doesn't think she's pretty enough, or she's just "so so." Which evolved into "sew sew", which evolved into the awesomeness that is this song.

Another thing you should know about Mark is that he's an amazing hand embroiderer and he made all the guys in our band custom shirts. This is from a little show we played last night. Those stars are hand appliques!

(More to come on my dress, which is a modified version of my pattern Butterick 6019. I made it for the show and haven't had an opportunity to have good pictures taken yet.)